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Re: Selig sells out to Spider-Man

MLB executives say they respect baseball's traditions but need to attract younger fans. As for the critics, MLB President Bob DuPuy says, "These are the same people that didn't like interleague play and didn't like the wild card" playoff format. Having decorative bases "really doesn't have an effect on the game within the foul lines," he says. "It's not like we are going to have a red-and-black ball. The game itself won't be affected."

What does decorating bases with stupid Spider man logos have to do with trying to draw younger fans? Kids dont go to baseball games in hopes of seeing Spider man ads everywhere.

Re: Selig sells out to Spider-Man

Re: Selig sells out to Spider-Man

Guess what, sports fans? Doing this is against baseball's own rules. But so is ownership in more than one team but what's a rules violation amongst friends, huh?

1.06
First, second and third bases shall be marked by white canvas bags, securely attached to the ground as indicated in Diagram 2. The first and third base bags shall be entirely within the infield. The second base bag shall be centered on second base. The bags shall be 15 inches square, not less than three nor more than five inches thick, and filled with soft material.

1.07
The pitcher's plate shall be a rectangular slab of whitened rubber, 24 inches by 6 inches. It shall be set in the ground as shown in Diagrams 1 and 2, so that the distance between the pitcher's plate and home base (the rear point of home plate) shall be 60 feet, 6 inches.

Re: Selig sells out to Spider-Man

Bud Selig is the biggest freaking moron ever. Period. Revenue disparity has to be the biggest problem in baseball right now, or one of them at least. So what does Bud do? He makes it worse with stupid little things like this that hurt the integrity of the game to boot. He is a *****, and he's in the process of totally killing this game.

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